Thanks, think I'm going to be needing something like that ...

Yesterday, had another crack it, and dismantled, thoroughly cleaned,
and reassembled the entire water supply from the back inlet through to
the soap drawer and down to and including the rubber inlet pipe into
the drum. All now spotless or very nearly so, and I also noticed that
the water inlet hose connector has a very fine mesh filter which is
completely free of debris. The water supply is absolutely clean right
through to the drum itself.

After another half-dozen or so washes, before each of which I wiped
round the rubber drum seal and checked all the cleaning cloths that
were to be test-washed, still lumps of sh*t were left on them in every
wash.

Continuing on this morning, I've just stuffed most of one of the
cloths between the rim of the drum and the tank, and turned the drum
by hand, holding on the free end of the cloth, thus wiping both the
outside of the drum and the inside of the tank. The cloth came out
covered in black gunge.

As I see it there are two solutions, chemical, or dismantling the
entire machine, cleaning it thoroughly, and then re-assembling it.

The problem with the former is that the waste goes into a septic tank,
and I still don't even know yet how healthy or otherwise that is, let
alone what would be the effect of strong chemicals on it.
Nevertheless, does anyone have any recommendations similar to the
above, preferably that would be compatible with a septic tank?

The problem with the latter is that it would probably be cheaper just
to buy a new machine than to get the job done professionally, and
although in principle I should be able to do it myself at little or no
cost, and thereby completely solve the problem, there's the sizable
difficulty of whether specialist tools might be needed, whether I
could actually get it apart, let alone whether I could get it back
together again.

I haven't had a chance to think much about this yet, let alone look on
the internet, but if anyone has recommendations for a new machine I'd
be grateful to hear them. Here are my first thoughts roughly in order
of importance.

Reliable.

Cold fill only.

Able to accommodate a king-size double quilt, but also able to do
smaller washes without wasting water filling up the entire drum. This
means that not only the drum must be big enough, but also the door.

Variety of washes including woollens, and hot whites.

Easy to program for individual steps such as rinsing or
draining/pumping out.

Timer to start wash.

On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:27:06 -0000, "Mr Pounder"
wrote:

We got some "Washing Machine Cleaner" from a cheap shop. Loads of **** came
up and it took several cycles to clear.
["Oxygen based bleaching agent 15%, Anionic surfactant 5%, Biological Enzyme
1%"}
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